FB - you rather contradict yourself there - in your first sentence you imply you wait to see which way it wants to yaw before applying pedal - but in the third sentence you say you apply power pedal as you raise the lever.
As I said, you anticipate the initial requirement for power pedal and then finesse it as the aircraft starts to lift.
Hi Crab,
I bring the power pedal - cause I feel which one is needed, not because I have to think about, which one I need ;-)
No contradiction ;-)
Lately I had the chance to fly an american build demonstrator (fly fenstron in daily life).
The safetypilot was a little bit "stiff", when it came to the lift off moment - but he relaxed immediatly, when he recognized, that I nursed the bird into the air - instead of catapulting it.
The pilot after me jerked the bird of the ground - even so he arrived at the scene with another model of that manufacturer....
And if you fly it off the ground smoothly, you have the chance to lower the collective, if it is not responding as advertised.
Guess the R44 would still be flying ;-)